The LGBT International Powerlifting Championships are happening in London. 28th, 29th and 30th July 2017. There are no qualifying standards and everyone is welcome to participate regardless of sexuality, gender, ability, experience or health status. Visit our website www.lgbtpowerlifting.org

LGBT POWERLIFTING UNION

The LGBT Powerlifting Union are a group of athletes, with focus on giving LGBT Powerlifters representation with both mainstream and LGBT Sports organisations.

We have recently been negotiating with the Federation of Gay Games about inclusion of Powerlifting in Gay Games XI in Hong Kong.

We have recently we have been helping mainstream organisations create their Trans policies, to make sure they are as inclusive and fair as possible.

LGBT IPC 2019

The LGBT International Powerlifting Championships are currently organised by "The Union", as an unsanctioned fun competition, to encourage LGBT Participation in the sport.

We currently offer Novice, Closed, Open categories for participants, which gives LGBT athletes as much choice as possible to compete. (See competition rules for more details of this).

LGBT IPC 2018 was the first sports event in the world to offer an MX third gender category, welcoming Trans, Non Binary and Intersex athletes to compete. The LGBT IPC 2019 will also have an MX Category !